diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmission-rpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmission-rpc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..235540209e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmission-rpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, typing-extensions
+, requests
+, yarl
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "transmission-rpc";
+  version = "3.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1y5048109j6z4smzwysvdjfn6cj9698dsxfim9i4nqam4nmw2wi7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+    typing-extensions
+    requests
+    yarl
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "transmission_rpc" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module that implements the Transmission bittorent client RPC protocol";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/project/transmission-rpc/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eyjhb ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f3042fb397..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transmissionrpc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, six
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "transmissionrpc";
-  version = "0.11";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "ec43b460f9fde2faedbfa6d663ef495b3fd69df855a135eebe8f8a741c0dde60";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-
-  # no tests
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python implementation of the Transmission bittorent client RPC protocol";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/transmissionrpc/";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9442898c16e5..14879c2ef08e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7927,7 +7927,9 @@ in {
 
   translationstring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/translationstring { };
 
-  transmissionrpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmissionrpc { };
+  transmission-rpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmission-rpc { };
+
+  transmissionrpc = self.transmission-rpc; # alias for compatibility 2020-02-07
 
   treq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/treq { };